2021

Face/Surface

(2423: to face a surface is to surface a face series)

Concept

Face/Surface is a text-based work / performance at the intersections of participatory action, digital print and installation art - part of the 2423: to face a surface is to surface a face series (2021) which was commissioned for the Myrtis group exhibition at the Athens War Museum (January 2021) from Prof. M. Papagrigorakis.

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Performative Score

act I: post 2.423 copies of the poetic phrase to 2.423 people across the world

act II: wait for replies [collect, archive]

act III: create a new surface with them upon the earth / await for grass to grow

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Description

2.423 digital prints, 2.423 posts to unknown people, in-situ intervention

Phrase: face a surface / surface a face

Technical: digital print, lossless file

Year: 2021

Credits

Concept - Creation: Bill Psarras

Collaborative performance: number of participants unknown

Installation / earth intervention dimensions: variable

Courtesy of the artist ©2020